#BC8381#BC8381

#BC8381 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.071 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8381
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 129)
HSL	hsl(2, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, 21.69, 9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 23.85, 24.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.066 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.071 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8187, 28.5110, 24.5392)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8381 #81BABC

analogous

#BC819D #BC8381 #BCA181

triadic

#BC8381 #81BC83 #8381BC

tetradic

#BC8381 #9DBC81 #81BABC #A181BC

square

#BC8381 #9DBC81 #81BABC #A181BC

split-complementary

#BC8381 #81BCA1 #819DBC

monochromatic

#7F4644 #A75C59 #BC8381 #D1AAA9 #E6D2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BC8381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BC8381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8381

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8381	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.071 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a7a5',
    500: '#bc8381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8381;
$custom-light: #d1a7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.034,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66642,
    "c": 0.07091,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8381

secondary

#C2D6D7

accent

#A6A93C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8381

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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